Compgeeks is selling a combo FireWire/USB 2.0 drive enclosure (both 3.5" and 5.25" It looks pretty cool too. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Clay Fandre Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:58 AM To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org Subject: Re: [TCLUG] removable storage options On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Chris Frederick wrote: > 2. I ran into a neat little toy at CompUSA that uses a Firewire > connection and allows you to basically have an external IDE bay. This > looks promising in that I can get a standard HD (much cheaper than the > USBs, or laptops), and if I needed to do more storage options, any IDE > device would hook up to this. My problem with this is Linux support. > I've never heard of this device before, and I don't know how linux would > use this. Would it be loaded as an IDE bay, or would I have to mess > with FireWire settings and such? A co-worker of mine has the firewire/IDE thingy and he loves it. It uses the firewire drivers and shows up as a SCSI harddrive in Linux. -- Clay _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list